By Frank Kamuntu
Buganda Road Magistrates Court has slapped former Rubaga Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Anderson Burora with charges of promoting hate speech and spreading malicious information, all relating to the Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Annet Anita Among.
Burora has pleaded not guilty to all the three counts which have been read to him.
Burora was picked up from his home located in Ntinda Kigowa Nakawa Division, Kampala Division on Monday by Police officers who drove him to Kira Police Station before bringing him to Central Police Station in Kampala.
The prosecution contends that Burora between March 2024 and June 2024 in the areas of Kampala District or thereabout, while using a computer via X handle @harderHB”, shared information which is likely to ridicule, or degrade, demean and promote hostility against Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among, the Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda
It’s further alleged that Burora between March 2024 and June 2024 in the areas of Kampala District or thereabout, while using a computer via X handle “@harderHB”, shared malicious information relating to Among.
Burora who has been very vocal against corruption announced his arrest on Monday when he tweeted that his house had been surrounded by armed men.
“My home has been besieged by unknown men who say I should go with them,” Burora tweeted.
Information coming in shows that Burora was picked by policemen attached to Parliament.
